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BEIRUT: Russian jets launched a fourth day of air raids in Syria Saturday, a monitor said, hitting the Islamic State group's main stronghold after claims Moscow was instead targeting moderate rebel factions. "Several Russian strikes hit IS positions west of Raqa overnight and explosions were heard in the city," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.

PARIS: French prosecutors said Monday they had identified two more Paris attackers, including a Syrian and a Frenchman who was previously charged in a "terrorist" case. A suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium is believed to be Syrian Ahmad Al Mohammad from Idlib.

UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Ministers of Islamic countries have called for resolution of the decades-old Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India. At their annual coordination meeting Friday, the foreign ministers of 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) adopted the reports of various OIC Contact Groups, including the one on Jammu & Kashmir, which reaffirmed the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions.